EA Sports WRC Review
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- čas přidán 6. 11. 2023
- EA Sports WRC reviewed by Luke Reilly on Xbox Series X. Also available on PlayStation 5 and PC.
"EA Sports WRC takes the class-leading feel of 2019’s Dirt Rally 2.0 and stuffs it into an officially licensed World Rally Championship experience, like a steel rod in Timo Rautiainen’s backside. Loose surface handling remains supreme, stages have been pumped up to 30 kilometre marathons, the audio is excellent, and the selection of modern and historical rally cars is achingly close to spot-on. However, just like a steel rod into your co-driver’s buttocks, there have also been some unwelcome, performance-related side effects and some serious lost position in the graphics race with the competition. Stuttering and tearing are common while racing on Xbox Series X, and the fidelity here falls well short of being a generational leap from Dirt Rally 2.0. With these technical shortfalls, combined with a lukewarm career mode and underdone customisation, EA Sports WRC feels like a great racing game trying to fight its way out of an unfinished one." - Hry
Love that the reviewer really talks about the game's poor performance
This kind of thing shouldn't be tolerated
honest reviews should be tolerated, bad writing on youtube should not.
Calm down, it just needs a few performance patches
Ranting about the game when in reality the problem is the skill issue of the player lol. EA WRC is a sim racing not arcade driving. WRC partnered with EA to make it their official training sim. To be used in real-life training for WRC drivers. It's really hard to play when you're used to arcade style racing games.
@@elayda93EA SPORTS WRC for me deserved better like Driveclub.
Your feelings are not shared, we hate EA and what they do to games. If you love it, say it. But dont judge another’s opinion because you’re offended. You being offended and suggesting people get financially penalized shouldn’t be tolerated. Grow up.
britney steers and taylor drift... genius 😅
Strange😏
best driver/co-driver team in history!
Haha, agreed!
Luke always remains one of the greatest IGN reviewers ever
Especially racing games 🚗
yeah lets not talk about the chick who reviewed The Marvels movie recently!
You guys are all crazy. This game looks amazing. Luke's criticism of the car not getting dirty is factually incorrect. Drive through full length Mexico, the car will be covered in dirt at the end of the rally.
@@Timothy27778same goes when playing a 26km stage in Sweden.
@@quintinbrink3224Captain Marvel movie?
1998, new Playstation, Colin McRae Rally as first game?
Welcome to the club, this was exactly my start into gaming.
Will never forget those times with my dad on the couch trying to beat those racing games ❤
Somehow this game looks worse in terms of graphics than Dirt Rally 2.0 😭
The stuttering must be a Unreal thing. Robocop has the same thing at times. And it totally loses it during massive gunfights.
they apparently haven't done pso shader precompiling. It is an unreal thing as in it's not documented properly and a pain to fix, but at this point, everyone and their mother knows about this issue and should have handled it in their unreal project properly
It works fine in ACC.
It's in practically all PC unreal games. This must be a serious low-level problem with the engine as it isn't getting fixed.
@@meh-87 It sure not.
@@jonsevern fortnite has been a disaster for the videogame market
Stuttering is a feature of Unreal Engine by now.
As are blurry graphics and horrible performance.
Unreal is unreal 😮
An engine is still only an engine at the end of the day. It's up to the developers what they do with it and how they can utilize it.
@@BiZkiDD2 If no one other than the people who made the engine can make an unreal engine game that isn't a stuttery mess,
then it's the engine's fault, not the developers'.
@@Godmode_ON24 u sure literally noone has ever made an unreal engine game that isn't a stuttery mess besides its creators?
The sound of the cars are AMAZING!!! someone give some beers to the sound engineers of that game!
Its a need for speed version rally
@@juancruz-jg5pqWithout the speed.
Yes but many sounds are from dr 2.0 i saw that they recorded for example the xsara wrc but in the game It sounds exactly like the C4 in dr2.0
haha,right on point. @@juancruz-jg5pq
If you need poor performance and stuttering - Unreal is the engine of choice!
Fault of devs
That's why Kunos chose another engine for Ac2 (and I'm very happy)
@@IwinMahWay Agree, shaders pre-compilation is absolutely necessary. I'd rather wait an extra minute for the stages to load to prevent this performance issue at runtime.
@@FataL-Gr Did ACC have stuttering issues? Im not really suire
@@Miguel-th3wxacc just had poor performance all around!
Did we judge Kiloton and Nacon too harshly perhaps? The only thing that EA WRC has done really well so far is the marketing and presentation; they've managed to promote the game using the real WRC drivers, as well as using the official WRC narrator in the game. That's great and all, but other than that the game feels somewhat rushed and unfinished.
Not at all, apart from low resolution & frame rate issues in few places, game is amazing overall
No we didn’t Judge KT or Nacon too harshly. EA and Codemasters just took the series to a new low. Not acceptable. Did the original codies all leave?
Absolutely not, those games were completely half-baked content wise, handled woefully, looked even worse and changed very little between each rendition. This is a very big step back to the right direction, but it needs a lot of work to be perfect
Guys remember when generations had the Lancia delta with no engine sound ?😂
WRC Generations is a lot worse than this. Jesus Christ. This game doesn't have fundamental issues like that game had. This one just needs some optimizing.
11:00 Britney Steers and Taylor Drift are the best names for a driver that I've ever seen!! :D
Taylor Swift To Drift
Yeah stuttering in a racing game like this is absolutely unacceptable. Definite deal breaker
It has been adressed already. They are fixing it asap :)
@@ophatjbWe will see.
@@Silentpartner2176 Well the patch came out 2.5 hours ago already
@@ophatjb Did it actually fix it?
@@Silentpartner2176 For me its fixed
Thanks for your honest and fair review. So many companies are lowering their standards and praising poor games these days. Definitely staying with IGN!
Luke Reilly
This guy, Luke Reilly is better than most IGN reviewers. Also he knows this genre, he is a racing and sim enthusiast. IGN often uses completely wrong person for a review, someone who has no experience or interest in the genre in question. Or just overall lazy and bad reviewers
Dang. Another unfinished game… looking forward to trying it next year, after they fix it
on ps5 pro maybe 😊
Britney Steers and Taylor Drift had me rolling, ngl.
Looking forward to eventually picking this up!! Rally games have long been among my favorite racing games!
Just buy Dirt 2.0. Save your cash.
Dirt rally still the best 8.9 out of 10
The OG. Never bought any Rally game since.
Yes sir!
2nd 1 better
Crazy they released it with these issues or missed them altogether.
Pretty sure they knew about it, they just didn’t care.
@@Silentpartner2176 Definitely
What a spot on review absolutely nailed it Dirt Rally 2.0 is miles better than this unfinished game, can’t believe they used unreal 4 Ego is far superior in every way.
Dirt rally 2 is a joke compared to this game simulation wise.
Have you even played the game?
I've played it, and honestly I'd rather play WRC with the stutters than DR2.0
It has wayyy better and more stages and the driving physics is the sweetspot between sim and simcade
agree! and its weird how the best racing game ever have haters
Thanks for a fair review. Not afraid to call it as it is.
This game looks so sick!
If they can fix some of the bugs and performance issues with patches, itd be perfect…though I’d love to see some ken block DLC. Adding in the hoonicorn or something would be amazing
Thanks Luke!
Saved me the troubles.
Dirt rally 2.0 still exists!
Yes, and i’m playing it!
Solid review that calls this out for the pitfalls that makes it look like early access. This should have been so much better 🙄
Everything keeping this game from being great can and most likely will easily be fixed with patches, code Masters has long history of supporting and updating their games such as with the other dirt titles, dirt 2.0 needed a lot of updates before it got where it's at now.
You can’t patch graphics. All the assets are old and dated. You need an entirely new game.
The WRC games almost never get fixed, EA acts like its not worth their time.
unfortunately, the jittering performance issue is Unreal's signature.
@@Silentpartner2176who cares about graphics in a solid rally game?
@@ThirstyTurtle328even though its new developer, its not even worth to buy for many people.
It's totally normal now for games to just release unfinished and be finished a year later. Almost every big publisher game. It's kind of like they design to do that.
Oh yes, it's very intentional and will only get worse if accepted by the consumer.
It is included in game development life cycle.. beta release then fix it from users feedback.
Review was spot on. Refunded in 30 minutes after trying it. Those performance issues are terrible.
Yes, very accurate review.
same. ea world refund championship
The rain looks awful. Overall, the graphics in dirt rally 2 seemed better. The terrain looked better, lighting looked better, texture work was crisper, etc. And the performance was better too...
Yes, yes and yes.
Sega racing studio acquired by Evolution studios, Evolutions studios acquired by Codemasters, Codemasters acquired by EA sports…so Voila!! you now have the SEGA Rally REVO stuttering in the game!
"Britney Steers" haha that's gold!
Glad to see an honest review, will save my money!
As a VR-only simracer (especially for rally stuff), the performance of ACC in VR was enough of a concern for the Unreal engine swap.. The fact that VR hasn't released yet and even 2D mode is having major performance issues is so disappointing. EA doesn't have a track record of fixing this stuff post-launch so they're not gonna get the benefit of the doubt. I'll wait out those updates / discounts before jumping into this one.
You'd rather them release it unfinished then?
this
Yes VR will be likely a nightmare
@@boohoogamer1713 Pancake mode is unfinished!
@@1985dafydd hungry are you?
I'm wondering if the screen tear and stutter is a limit of the X-box or a game problem.
Great review, spot on. It is a letdown, everyone was expecting better from Codemasters giving they had plenty of time to develop this game. A stepdown from Dirt 2.0 in many ways.
My thoughts exactly.
Has the games poor performance and screen testing yet been sorted with patches ? Was looking at getting this for the Steam Deck.
Will NX Gamer do a Graphics & Performance analysis? Would be nice.
i'm really enjoying this game on PC but yeah hopefully the performance issues are fixed very soon
Exactly, it does say it was reviewed on Xbox, but why ignore the PC version.
Why not mention in the review that the PC game is a much better looking and smoother experience? Since most of the reasons why this was given a 6/10 appears to be due to console issues.
@@LBPreviewsexcept it is not. pc gamers have stuttering even using rtx4090
@@terrylu4894 def not everyone, some play smooth with lower hardware.
@@wout123100”I don’t see the problem thus it doesn’t exist!”
@@desertfish74yes got problem with that?
The best review of thig game so far.
Back to WRC generations for me
you have to start every racing game review with countdown?
Driveclub rain physics is one of the best 👍
Only moded Assetto Corsa on PC can beat it but that says something about Driveclub.
driveclub has no rain physics, not that could affect the handling at least
@@NateSakana They’re talking visual rain physics.
Wish Driveclub was on Steam, would have loved to have played it in my OLED Steam Deck.
10/10 on the reviewer.
let's wait for the EA Sports WRC 2.0
Next gen only but looks like a last generation game. Thanks EA
Talking about steering wheels, the tarmac physics absolutely changed for the better compared to DR2.0. Haven't tried them on controller
Looks like a game from 2015 running on a PC from 2010. On an Xbox Series X.
Is IGN actually being honest with a game review and not just spewing what they got told to say....What a day!
It seemed this way even before release.
That’s a deep WRC reference about Timo’s rod up the butt. Nice!
I'll stick with the brilliant Generations for now, thanks. Who would have thought a small studio like Kylotonn could upstage the heft of Codemasters?
People were way too harsh on WRC 10 and Generations
After having played EA WRC, WRCG is lightyears ahead and not just because it's a more stable experience but the driving and vehicle physics are top-notch. In recent years, only SLRE and WRCG/10 have actually delivered anywhere near a believable rally experience.
The new EA game just felt like Dirt4's toy-car physics with some forced loss of traction every now and then. So artificial and unintuitive.
Shame that KT never acknowledged or seriously attempted to fix some of the bugs pertaining to throttle output curve etc because if they had ironed out those bugs, the game would have gone down in history as one of the very best in the genre
@@shashwatmittal5393😂😂
@@markomarko3450 dyslexia?
Love that callback to Timo's backside 😂
What I'd give to have EA WRC's handling, force feedback and engine sounds in WRC Generations' stages and gameplay...
That’s what we were supposed to have.
Though EA's stages are better than Generations (most are modelled off the real roads), and the driving physics is pretty much the gameplay. Just take away the stutters and bamb 10/10 IGN
Minus the tarmacs twitchyness.
Including the amazing camera angle options you can choose from in WRC Generations.
@@ark14700 As of today the stutter is gone for the most part on PC
“EA Sports, it’s in the Lame”
Let's hope they can fix the stuttering!
They already announced they were working on it as priority for the next upcoming patch
@@johnlequebecois Epic!
@@johnlequebecois Should've had it fixed for launch.
@@MrDwightSchrute well EA being the publisher, you know the poor programmers are being crunched to hell to even follow the deadline by the corporate lmao
They need to fix a lot more than studdering.
Any improvements to the stuttering with patches?
Played a couple hours, didn't seem to have stuttering, happy with it so far. I'm already missing the daily/weekly/monthy challenges from Dirt Rally 2.0 though
Forza, now WRC, why can’t no companies produce decent, well optimised games anymore.
*any
Forza is fine now
@@fancyslimoshadyyeah agree they fixed with latest update.
How Wheels Unleashed 2 and Motorfest are decent, you know?
Forza Horizons is great. Still playing it.
Performance has been fixed with the new update but after playing it since release I’ve learned that the physics are not that fun
Colin Mcrea 2005 was amazing! My all time favorite
Try wheel friction 40 and tire friction 40.
Much better feeling on tarmac
Graphics looks like gta v on a potato pc.
Watching the video does show it
Is the performance also bad on PC?
If wrc was released then can't wait for a new dirt game.
Hopefully they can sort the issues out with a patch update
Yeah, just patch the entire game and remake it.
@@Silentpartner2176 lol comon its not that bad surly there is a patch out today
@@Nadk2010 Its fixed for me with the new patch enjoy the game its great
@@whirichris haven't tried it yet but will be tonight all stutters have gone now?
Unreal Engine is over rated
Horrendous stutter struggle on a racing game? Really? And you just put it out for sale..
It’s feeling as though there is a real lack of care and pride with a lot of recent game releases.
It's a marketing trick they pump up the patches slowly and sales go up.
It’s an EA special
This is £20 on Amazon now (UK) worth it?
Absolute agree! The step to Unreal Engine (it isn’t even UE5) is a big mistake ór they shouldn’t released it in this state!! Big letdown for me as a rally fan!
120hz mode?
You driving with single monitor and reviewing the game?
6:05 the graphics here legitimately look like an RBR track yeeesh
the best thing of this review at 11:00
Luke the goat
IGNs best reviewer
Is it psvr2 compatible?
WRC Generations is way better, get that one. Better tracks, better career, better graphics, and better performance. Or continue to play Dirt Rally 2, this game is a giant turd. It's really bad.
Codemasters: Thanks for the 1.2bln EA, here's the source code (hands over Dirt Rally 1.0 Alpha)
Oh well, so long, Codemasters. When this underperforms in sales, EA, being EA, will probably shutter them. For me, the biggest surprise is that EA didn't mandate the use of the Frostbite engine...
It's interesting that while he was talking about how controllers feel on tarmac, he shows a clip of him spinning out on tarmac at 8:03. The car did not loop out because of the twitchy controller handling on tarmac, it looped because of the severe lift off oversteer that's in this game. I've never seen any racing game with this severe of lift off oversteer.
does anyone know if they patched this to run on a regular 2060 6 gig?
those roads seem way to narrow for the car's size, like the dimension ratio got buggy and either the road shrunk or the car grew.
Britney Steers really got me 😂😂
Shader compilation stutter will always be there, even with the best hardware. It seems to be inherent with unreal engine.
This must be fixed!
Has the stutters been fixed yet?
Nope haha, ditch this game
Don't all unreal engine games stutter? Meaning they can't fix it.
@@atnfn they can fix it.
Wow...I play on an older PC where I've had some performance issues as well but it looks like us PC players got off easy. Those graphics look like just about the lowest setting available in the game, which even my old PC doesn't need to resort to.
It’s 4k on console.
They should get rid of the car maker and the livery editor and give us a pacenote editor!
Another game ruined by EA
Naah. They have been releasing a lot of 6/10 games for a while now.
They probably sold to EA because the money was tight.
@@Valshiirs EA don't make games though o_O This is codemasters, and it's certainly a fantastic base to work off. Game is fun as hell despite its early issues.
@@martsum398Atleast someone have brain
No no..this is a another friend of forza motorsport
"Ruined" c'mon don't be such a drama queen. This game is really fun to drive with a proper wheel and has tons of content. It's just released too early like many others nowadays and needs to be patched.
While it may not hold up to WRC Generations or DR 2.0, at it introduced us to Britany Steers and Taylor Drift!
Its better then generations not to far off DR2 IMO
@@whirichrisIt is NOT BETTER THAN GENERATIONS. Have you even touched generations? All the haters are from Jimmy's youtubr channel
If you guys stop buying "FIFA(fc)" every year, EA will not have money to destroy top tier developers.
With the stutter forget about it.
No celica or Corolla wrc???? Pui
So 1 step forward and two back. Going back to Dirt 2 I guess, see you next year.
Same.
2023 and these companies still releasing sub par quality games. Shame on EA for these performance issues.
Britney Steers and Taylor Drift lol.
Guess I’ll just stick to Dirt 3 CE then.
How to fix CE-108255-1 Error 😢😢😢
Stuttering in unreal engine on launch? Par for the course for releases in the 20's. "playable" simply means it's time for release:
11:02 nice 👍
Every game that uses UE5 has performance issues. They shouldn't jumped so fast on a new engine.
It's on UE4 not 5, which makes it even worse that is in this state
Hey, it's better than Modern Warfare 3 atleast.
Britney Steers and Taylor Drift😂
It's on sale for £26 at the min, any idea if they have fixed the freezing and screen tearing?
Luke is the goat